Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/dimbaną

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Germanic

Alternative forms

  • *dimpaną

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *dʰémbʰ-e-ti, from *dʰembʰ- (to fog),[1] which appears to be a *bʰ-extension of *dʰemH- (to smoke, blow); see Sanskrit धम् (dham, to blow into) for more potential cognates.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈdim.bɑ.nɑ̃/

Verb

*dimbaną[1]

  1. to fog, smoke

Inflection

Conjugation of (strong class 3)
active voice passive voice
present tense indicative subjunctive imperative indicative subjunctive
1st singular *dimbō *dimbaų *dimbai ?
2nd singular *dimbizi *dimbaiz *dimb *dimbazai *dimbaizau
3rd singular *dimbidi *dimbai *dimbadau *dimbadai *dimbaidau
1st dual *dimbōz *dimbaiw
2nd dual *dimbadiz *dimbaidiz *dimbadiz
1st plural *dimbamaz *dimbaim *dimbandai *dimbaindau
2nd plural *dimbid *dimbaid *dimbid *dimbandai *dimbaindau
3rd plural *dimbandi *dimbain *dimbandau *dimbandai *dimbaindau
past tense indicative subjunctive
1st singular *damb *dumbį̄
2nd singular *damft *dumbīz
3rd singular *damb *dumbī
1st dual *dumbū *dumbīw
2nd dual *dumbudiz *dumbīdiz
1st plural *dumbum *dumbīm
2nd plural *dumbud *dumbīd
3rd plural *dumbun *dumbīn
present past
participles *dimbandz *dumbanaz

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Old High German: *dimpfan
    • Middle High German: dimpfen
  • Old Norse: *dimba

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*dimban- ~ *dimpan-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 96